The Sun. — London, England, 1836-05-02 00:00:00

MAGAZINE DAY. te d rd teP red 4T )O ‘, lo ° # 0 FRASER. t er 4 ne " Agnewidos" is by far the best poem in this Num- Indeed, it is nearly as good as the " Lousiad ;" and in ti : l rig this, we imply the highest praise. We hasten to N y e the opening lines of this broad, side-splitting extra- Vnday virumque cano, quo non atrocior unquam, v er ily do thinko, terris apparuit humbug. Qinfernal enim Scotchman, cordesque per mimes uit strikare metum, rigido pius ore locutus, 13 (1 ° ,1 minus on Sund a y mea t-pies hottosque voremus 114 1/ e d ings- Multum ille a young folks detested et old folks, 14" e ra quoqu e e t r i su p assus d u m addresseret Housam, • retqu e simul Billam, sermone lugubri. q ui Musa mihi causas memora, what members abetting. 1, 4 .(1ve volens animis Commons, tot pullere feces . nihilo numskull, tot makere speeches P , 4 ntro infer na li, q u id t o t propounders billas, • 1-rr nittat. Tent= superest parl'mentary leisure ? Est domus Antiquo Yard'), Westminster ad aulam c 130 i . t ans, quam plures ipso coluisse feruntur \\%-` IIII Y postliabito. Siquid contenditur, utrum Q uo llSr vel Tory majus valeat pecus, aidere vicwas -A ee , possint domus hEec Radlceia semFer tioid'Att hosp o . Hie meetings plc. talibus of hie proprium sanctum, hue concurritur always. "anique diestiderat. Venientes undique cireim P` gd. I 9 7 . a 4 XlO 6 s 9 a 4 4 4 6 0 5 till ' .11 0116 rice ° rice:OS' quo- ) d 110 tbli" tj `rit-fac'ed sleek homines vidit Rad!mins liospes. .r -i q u o venerunt—Agnewia turba—viamquo k 'to r n coomlerunt loudceis sighibus ntque ._ i b i l 'il'as. ' hood aliter taurorum Althorpia scecll 1 ) ,,:° . ware solent inter jucunda . vireta 11."44nterrique vocant dommum : subque ' arbore somnos „arapunt • "1111 . s tantus erat venientum singular hubbub. I rit ..slinul atque fores Family pand . untur flotelli, Pler"ere °miles members, sedesqu i c tenebant, Pi. t.‘voodqiie, et Plumptre, et vu tu Stanley . sever°, (4,:i'l'''lrY .finines, sanctusqu . e Trevor, sanctusque Sir Oswald. ..sik.i. sutbito extrema surgit de parte room e h t murmur, strepitus qui mox effcrt . o 2 : ad . outright. oneir, 1 ., 4 venit Hie I venut dominus sanc!isstmu I' Agnew, eo,.nit ille, dens nobis qui hose otia fecit mensal." Ti'elataant omnes, thumpuntque outrageous. f ilciii i '' reader will not fail to remark with what y humorous tl ik , t tY these hexameters trundle off, and whatexemplary It i ,318 4ri d spondees the writer fashions out o I E nglish. %s-dirli!Dossible also not to admire the exqu . isite l ' nd courte -44 t l e '""eY of the touch ; " est infernal emin S 4 cotchman," kw l e striki n r, outrarre c'm simplicity of the " thumnuntque . s , likelt,4lcosas."' ' N ' Srli p at, too, can be more richly ludicrous — ct q the °I Liston's most grotesque - Qelision in this line ? glances—than t took. ii l , 4 ) me eulique fern—furor, indignati'amazement." ii,, l t , , , e b a.t ;:. is it of this jeux d'esprit, however, is not original— will not detract from its merit—tor we remember '1 b's .' "travaganza of the same satirical character, which ; 441(1 .1 - k ublis hed a few years since at Cambridge, and which,i (ce 1 1 , 4 4 YbanY other equally humorous lines, contained 1 I.? epir:lbnlemory) helf. hexameter, alluding to 1 4 Pl.• 1 hal entry of sirloin - of beef into the College •-•-. tl•A ) k; -41 ' -• , c 7••=ft - tx.zrtzi kon!:.Laftsio ~.. s ,J.,./ crrly,r,c,,l, •.-; > titt-s()4.01C0-°urts' Martial and the Cat o' Nine Tails," advo -11 t z .„. I'6 with no undue warmth, the flogging system, " 4, 11 u -- ' l ° B a curious anecdote of Admiral Cornwallis, 11 ) 9 °4 1 :,!e,Zret our limits will not permit us to extract. 0. 14 111. ' raSso"—we arc sick of the eternal repetition of tt g ti t t er,T n i: l arae, just as if Germany had no other great i tl , 4 th, ~ a co mmon-place notice of a work which, judging 1.1,':,%iqu-B:xtracts, is about as interesting, and not half so 4t.11.5e slaw as one of Warren's poet c tifs, which one of 6 3 i,',i a l i % w e intend to review at full length. p . The " Litc -uti erY" co nsists of a full-length portrait of Sir J. C. . etlse, by no means dulcet klitiYeo„l,_, ,!ecornpanied by a memoir, . of . Koseiuslio 11:11.),Iii'll'Iiiin,tic in its character. 'The poemsjetilesse"v—what a natn , el—is capital quiz on ltli but translations from carious barbarous a lnguages *ling.:ch among the number!) of Doctor I'olyglott blio , 7 . ,—___________________ 1) 1 ' NEW MON THL Y . 'N r , _r -'l.-E Pr e ,,,, -Henry C o lb u rn. 44 L ,' of ' Who m ',I Gove rnment has pensioned many eminent 1 —1 itfolout not on e i n every hundred could establish claims 1 i \ y e qual to those of the distinguished author of ~. BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE. Tie notic e of " Alford's School of the Heart" is another of those eloquent and discriminating poetic criticisms for which this periodi ca l i s so ce l e b ra t e d. C ommend us to Christopher North—th a t i s t o sa y, w h en hi s crutch i s laid ; 14 G, and he is i n goo d h umour —f or f etc hi ng out the ,o.eauties of a poem. He shows off a young rhymester in ti2c finest style possible—witness his late cordial notices of klartley Coleridge and Tennyson, which the latter was simpleton* enough to object to, because forsooth, it was not linolghout unmixed panegyric, as if even Spenser himself IS to be spoken of without some reservation ! The present criticism does every justice to Mr. Alford, who displays P i cot poeti c p rom i se, part i cu l ar l y i n h i s sonnets, two of which n " A Funeral" and " A Funeral Sermon" may tie with the best of Wordsworth's. " Translations from 11 10 Greek Anthology" are as successful as such transfers ca n . ba---but no translation of either Greek or Latin poet that ue are acquainted with, ever yet gave us the slightest idea of the original. A descriptive passage or two in Homer has been well rendered by old Chapman, anti a few of risti a e c reon Odes by Cowley have something o f character simplicity about them ; but these are exceptions. The generality of the translations, though meritorious in other respects, are sadly def i c i ent i n truth of effect. What, for instance, is Pope' s " Iliad," but a splendid m i s t a k e ; Dry a'n's " YEneid" b u t a l oose , e l oquen t p ara ph rase ; Gifford's • Juvenal" but a diligent omission of the grave, stern dig - nity of the Roman satirist ; and Moore's " Anacreon" but a tinsel, glittering imitation of the chaste and sterling gold (4 the original ? This last, in particular, is as arrant a failure as we know of, and for this reason, that Moore has !iothing- in common with Anacreon but his festivity, the one being as remarkable for his false and showy glitter, as the other is for his sweet and unlaboured simplicity. Hints to Authors" is an admirable quiz, worked out in the most a Prightly and good-humour e d spi r it, an d c onc l u di ng w ith a Parody t h at t h e S m i t h s m i g h t b e proud to own. " Alci biades the Youth" contains one impassioned dialogue be tween the hero and Aspasia, superior to anything Savage Landor has attempted in the same way. " Extracts from t he Journal of an Alpine Traveller," are as usual, ch aracterized by much condensed vigor of description. " Fo re i gn R esults o f Democratic Ascendancy" is full o f sophistry and reckless assertion. The writer ac tually insists that the Poles had no " serious and well-founded complaint against the Russian Govern ment," to justify their late rise in arms ! What ! was not Vie bloody madman, Constantine, their ruler, and all Po land filled with his spies ? Moreover, was not their Consti rio!), expressly guaranteed to them by the treaty of Jenne, violated every hour of the day, during this Kal tfittek Cut-throats' reign ; and are these not sufficient justi fications of their rebellion ? For our own part, nothing would gi v e us greater pleasure than to learn that they had, r evolted once more ; ann ihil a t e d th e R uss i an arm i es ' ; an d h anged up Nicholas before the gates of the Kremfin. The modern Nero would be of far more benefit to European civilization in that posifon—however personally einhar tassing it might be—than ever he will be, while seated . on the throne of the Czars. From " Reminiseences,of Sta../hard," we extract an anecdote, illustrative of the uitiVersal 'celebrity of this artist. To have a print hung up in an itl African wig -warn, is a triumph of which no artist, but tothard, cou ld ever y e t b oas t. It is the next thip g to be 'ng in favour with the white bears of the North Pole 1 — 'rite young man in question (whose name, though I heard it, I do not recollect) was engaged with some of those unform !late persons who, years ago, attempted to explore the more interior parts of Africa, commencing their adventure from the co ast. I n one o f t h e i r exter i or excurs i ons , they beeame7entan ged in the wilds of that savage country ; and the young man ° ' ct whom I speak, missing not only his companions, but his track, gav e himself up for lost. Driven by extreme distress, he at last ventured to draw nigh to a native hut, yet fearful that I n doing so he should but perhaps rush on certain death, and I ._e murde re d on th e spot; h e p ause d a moment, irres o l u t e as `? whether he should enter or not within the hut to seek as- T l2 tance in his hour of extreme distress. Necessity, it is said, 'as no law; it unquestionably impels a man to follow that of lil t_ tare ; and those who are starving are compelled to seek food wherever fortune may direct them. Fear, however, ,was still th m e predominant feeling of the youthful adventurer, who, I°llol he had bred to the sea, and therefore was likely enough I I ( ' face death with an undaunted spirit on the wave or in the b a ttle, might yet, without reproach, shrink at the appre hension of it when it comes i the form of cruelty and murder. ' lt there 'was no choice left; and so he took heart and boldly altered the hut. He said, that he found a strange and instan taneous relief to his feelings, for which he could scarcely as :rgn a reason, by seeing hung up on one of the sides of this ba rbarian dwelling, in the very w i lds of Afr i ca, an engrav i ng after Stotbard, from the Novelist's Magazine,' in such a sort ,4;t;f Place „tame as the Jew pedlars hawk about in the country towns agland. It was to him a blessed sight, for it gave to such 4f . an air of civilization, and with that he connected a hope Personal safety-mothope that was not disappointed ; for a 4 , 4 ;a1e, black as night, almost naked, ornamented with beads tfeathers, and her skin well greased with fat, came into the i t ' and expressed great surprise, but no intents of cruelty, at bli v,aight of him. His wants were pressing, and by signs he „ ' ls e he r un d erstan d h e nee d e d food and drink. These s h e :; t r e ctired for him ; and as hunger is proverbially the sweetest 61 2 11 sauces, he probably found the viands very palatable ; as 1,7 With extreme delight and true hospitality, amused herself (I ,,,, c Parnming the food she gave him into his mouth with her It.bgreasy fingers ; a piece of female gallantry our traveller 1 10 ' Hi no condition to insist on declining. The repast ended ; next endeavoured to make her comprehend that he had lost er' t ,'''ampanions and his way; and by the generous assistance hi t his modern Yarico, in becoming his guide and affording k ! her protection, he was once more enabled to retrace his - r a in safety to his lost friends." " Letters from the South." These letters, now in the course oF publica!'on in the " New Monthly," less reject the sentiments and feelings or a poet, than they exhibit the keen sagacity and enlarged political views of a statesman and a philosopher. Occasionally the " Bard Hope" C.e_ votes a page to t'- e description of African scenery, and when he does, Lis sketches have all the seeming reality and the vividness of panoramic paint'ngs ; but for the most part he ( onfines himself to the delineation of the social condition of the African , , and more especially to tl:e mea sures resorted to by the French Government, for the pur pose of effecting a permanent sett!ement wierin the Re gency of Algiers. The French are proverbially the worst colonial ru!ers in the world : at once haughty and unstable, bigoted and profane, rapacious and unprincipled—they are feared, not reverenced by the natives of their colonial pus. sessions in every part of the world. Should they persist in following Clausel's policy with respect to the native in habitants of Algiers, the permanence of their dominion in Africa may yet admit of question. It is to be hoped, how ever, that the opinions of such a man as Thomas Camp bell—as distinguished for his patriotism as for his poesy—an unbiassed and unprejudiced witness of the working of the French system—will have their due weight with the present Cabinet of France. The first letter contains an account of 4 terrific storm at Algiers on the 11 th and 12th of February, 1835. The loss of property on this dreadful occasion was estimated at one hundred and twenty millions of francs. The coast was st:ewed with wrecks. In the midst of this awful scene the following characteristic trait of British heroism was mani fested. We trust the Captain and his " Noble boy" may attract the notice of the Lords of the Admiralty : " One glorious instance of intrepidity was given, I am happy to say, by an Englishman. The French have not published it, but they speak of it with due and high admiration. The captain of a British merchantman, whose name I am sorry I omitted to leant, though he was pointed out to me, had con fidence enough in his own seamanship to weather the whole storm, and when a boat was sent out to bring him ashore, he calmly said, That it was his duty to save the ship and cargo if he could, and that he would do his duty.' His vessel, a puny looking thing of some fifty tons, had a crew of five men, four of whom he sent ashore, and retained only one sailor, besides his own son, a boy only ten years old. ' Why retain the poor child ?' you will say. I tell you he was no poor child, but a noble boy, and he persisted in refusing to leave his father. Nor was this a freak of rashness on the part of the captain, but an act of cool and calculating bravery. He I:new the strength of his little brig, and trusted to the tena city of both his anchors. He even reckoned that he should be safe with one of them, should it be necessary to cut the cable of the other. This manoeuvre eventually became ne cessary. During those two awful days, the main cause of destruction to the ships was their running foul of each other; accordingly when one or two of the miserable drifting wrecks were coming down, and ready to bump him to destruction, he cut his cable and swung out of bumpint , reach. When I saw thi s b rave mar i ner and his boy, the counte nance of the former struck me by its expression of mildness almost amounting to simplicity : it reminded me of one of Morland's best pictures of an English peasant." " Songs and Chorusses of the Flowers," by Leigh Hunt, are as buoyant and beautiful as we could desire to read on a May morning. But, alas ! on this particular morning Nature and the Poet are at sixes and sevens ; for while the latter is all smiles and sweetness, the former looks as sour and as surly as an old woman whose last grinder is attacked with toothache. The greater is the poet's merit say we. W,hatever others may think, we are 0b1i.2-ed to Leigh Hunt for verses which hold "a mirror up to Nature and which, if she be not bereft of all feeling, will undoubi edly make her ashamed of herself. Miss Landon's songs are pretty, and that is as much as we can say for them. We are surprised that this elegant writer should be so led astray by her judgment as con stantly to seek occasions of pourtraying the feelings, and describing the passions of the male sex. There is some thing disagreeable --at least to us—in female portraitures of abstract male characters, when intended to represent men of fashion. We do not mean this to apply to such charac ters as Charles Bouverie and Horace Langham, although both are as insipid and useless as the most celebrated of their class. " Liberty and Slavery in America" is a much more amusing article than our readers would suppose merely from the title. The anecdotes of the kissing parties, and the zeal of the Methodist Preachers, are very amusing. The following pithy address from a pulpit would have had a very different effect upon a London congregation from what it appears to have had upon our Trans-Atlantic brethren : —" People say that I bawl—let them. God has given me lungs to bawl, and I will bawl !" " The Wild Honey suckle," by the author of " Corn Law Rhymes," is full of sublime imagery, and true poetic feeling. But the lines are rugged, and sometimes the sentiment is only half ex pressed. The critical notices and notes for the month arc, as usual, very carefully written. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL. Henry Colburn. • This Number is more generally entertaining than any that have preceded it. " A Few Days at the Head quarters of Don Carlos," though written by a violent partizan of that Prince, is full of interesting anec- dote. The writer was introduced to Don Carlos whom he describes as " below the middle height, fair complexioned; with light hair, wearing an enormous moustache." He says that his air is princely, and his ad dress polished and elegant. He also assures us with equal candour and naivete, that The true reason why Don Carlos does not march forward, is his want of arms and ammunition : with an army nominally exceeding sixty thousand men, he has not muskets and bayo nets to arm one-fourth of - that number : this is the true state of the case, and the only impediment in the way of Don Carlos !" This reminds us of the tale of the Physician, who discovered that, to restore a deca pitated criminal for life, it was only requisite to re-unite the head and body, and re-produce animal sensation as it existed previous to the death of the subject of so sage an experiment. But on the whole the article is well written, and generally interesting. The " Conscript" is a stirring tale, but so sentimental that we wonder how it came to find its way into the pages of the United Service Journal. If the occurrence arose from negligence on the part of the Editor, we are not sorry ; if from a desire to render this periodical a greater favourite with the ladies, we are extremely glad. We think it might be improved by Makin.- it less exclusive ; and we have no doubt but that the officers, naval and military, would like it all the better for an occasional dash of sentiment. The usual naval and military intelligence for the month is well selected, including a mass of important private correspondence. ASIATIC JOURNAL. Allen and Co., Lea(knhall-street. The great value of this Journal consists in the copious ness of the intelligence which it furnishes on all subjects relating to our Oriental empire. In this feature the pre sent Number does not fall short of its predecessors. Of the articles which may bit considered original, the " Mis sionary Voyage to the North-east coast of China," and " Mr. Rich's Residence in Koordistan," are the most. inte resting. " Egyptian Hieroglyphics," is; an article which cannot be very pleasing to the disciples of M. Champol lion. It consists of extracts from the writings of Dr. Du- jardin of Paris, in which that celebrated Coptic scholar oppugns with most formidable arguments Champollion's theory for explaining the hieroglyphi(ml inscriptions found in Egypt, out of which a writer in the last Number of the " British and Foreign Review" says it will not be difficult to frame a minute history of the ancient state of that country. THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE. Simphin and Marshall. The " Gallery of Illustrious Irishmen" is rapidly filling with full-length portraits of men whose memory will only cease to be cherished when the country that gave them birth is no more. Berkeley and Boyle—the Columbuses of the Visible and the Invisible World—arc most appropriately placed side by side, in the May Number of this able and well conducted periodical. While we have such neutral ground as these articles furnish to meet our old acquaintance An thony Poplar upon, he may say what he pleases upon the tithe question, without a fear of disturbing our equanimity. The " German Fabulists" is a capital article, displaying throughout a most intimate acquaintance with German literature, and particularly with that portion of it which is least known in this country, even by German scholars. The " Black Mask" is one of the thousand and one Magazine legends, about the merits of which critics bad as well be silent. When young ladies take it into their heads to rise out of their waves, and walk about in th e i r s h rou d s , we are well content to leave the questionquestionof the p ropr i e t y o f suc h proceedings to be settled by their mammas, their lovers, and the sexton. COURT MAGAZINE. The portrait for this month's Number is that of the Countess of Nelson, which is well engraved, with th e ex ception of the arm, which is awkward in its position, while the fingers are stiffly stretched out, just as if the lady were in a fit. The white satin drapery, however, has a very rich, glossy look. The landscape engraving is a sketch of Mereworth Castle, the magnificent seat of Lord Le Despencer. The literary department consists, for the most part, of Griginal tales, some of a grave, and some of a bit nmurous charaetuf, The majority of these are pleasantly written, and fertile in incider4, LIB1?A1lY OF FICTION. The tales in this Number are partly ori g inal, and partiy selected ; a mong t h e former is one entitled " Passages in the Life of Francis Loosetish, .Esq.," which is written in a smart and lively style, and contains one or two piquant sketches of character. It is the best article in the Number. THE SUN, IaOND - 13:4' , „ MaN DAY, MAY 2. if-316 ' Of the remaining tales, one is by the author of ".Scenes and Recollections of Fly Fishing," and the two others are taken from Knight's " Quarterly Magazine,' and the " Englishman's Magazine"---a ricketty, short-lived perio dical, which, if we remember rightly, was horn one mouth. and died the next. The Number is embellished with two wood -cuts, engraved from designs supplied by the late Mr. Seymour, in one of which there is a coarse, but humorous, and characteristic sketch of a Brobdignagian bum-bailiff, with his gew-gaw watch-chain and seals bumping against his knees, and some two or Circe tiers of chin roiling away half down his waistcoat. ARCHITECTURAL Another of Mr. London's works, in which there are some shrewd remarks on the unsucces.sful design; for the new Houses of Parliament, now exhibiting in the Natio'aal Gal lery, and in which Architects will find a few hints worthy their consideration. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. " D. W. OS'' " Theatre Royal, Covent-garden, May 1 THEATRICAL DOH` Miss Ellen Tree is performing in success. Dowton has bidden farewell to his fr . will sail for New York on Tuesday or Madame Vestris, C. Mathews, a.. - force at Manchester. The Olympic down and rebuilt. The alterations commence - dle of May. -We understand it is no the intention of Grisi to adapt the name of her husband in pubic, but simply to substitute Ma, dome for Mademoiselle. M. Auguste Gerard, to distinguish himself from others of the same name, and to indicate the part of France he comes from, where his property is situated, styles himself M. Auguste Gerard de Melcy. A BREEZE AT THE D (TIAN TITEATRE.—.The following " bit of a breeze" occurred on Thursday evening at the Theatre Royal :—Mrs. Yates performed the character of the heroine in the new drama of Henriette the Forsaken. Her acting throughout was much and deservedly applauded by all parts of the house. Towards the close of the piece she ut tered an exclamation highly expressive of the feelings with which the heroine of the drama was actuated, but which some rude person in the pit attempted to imitate. Mr. Yates on the instant looked angrily towards the place from whence the noise proceeded, 'and exclaimed, " Irish taste !" This was the signal for a volley of hisses, which was kept up for some time. As the curtain fell, Mr. Yates came to the front of the stage, and attempted to address the audience ; but his efforts were is vain for a considerable time. He at length explained how his feelings were excited t o use t h e wor d s h e did —that Mrs. Yates had laboured to please the audience, and had so far succeeded as to gain their very warm applause, and he could not understand why any such act of mockery and rude nesS should be committed towards a female, under the circum stances. Thus terminated the unpleasant affair. 11;::cusit Deena Elnese_lincommon activity and great variety are the " order of the day" with the Committee of Actors who have undertaken to manage this theatre, for the benefit of the membetS of the profession who are embarked in what be deemed a very safe speculation. The vocal and comic companies are excellent. They are powerfully pa tronised, for the stalls and private boxes are generally occu pied by persons of rank. We congratulate the managers on their success. A new drama to-night, called The Witch's Son, with Is He Jealous? the farce of A Day Well Spent, and Lucille; or, the Story of a Heart. The report which has obtained insertion in many of the journals, that " Madame Vestris is about to be united to Mr. Charles Mathews," is without the slightest foundation. It is contemplated by a party of English and French gen tlemen, in conjunction, to give a series of operas in Paris, to be performed by English vocalists of the greatest eminence. Miss Shirreff, and other distinguished artistes, have already been ap plied to on the suleject. Mr. and Mrs. Wood are now on their return from Ame rica, laden with golden opinions, the result of their labours in the exercise of their profession on that fruitful dramatic soil. It is said to be the intention of Mr. and Mrs. Wood to take one engagement in each principal town and city in the United Kingdom, and afterwards retire from the stage and repose upon their laurels. Azilaine Malibran commences her engagement to-night at Drury-lane Theatre, in her favourite character of Amina, in La S'omnambula, and will appear again on Wednesday and Friday—on the former evening in Beethoven's Opera of Fi delio. Power, who it is said returns to America early in the next month, appears again to-night, to-morrow, and Wednesday, in his new drama of O'Flannipan and the Fairies, and be sides, on the former and latter evenings, he will assume the character of Sir Patrick Plcnipo in The Irish Ambassador. Sinclair resumes his original character of Captain Malcolm in Morton's opera of The Slave, which will be performed to night at the Haymarket Theatre, Gambia by Mr. Vandenhoff. • To-morrow,. not acted these seven years, will be revived Murphy's comedy of All in the Wronq ; on Wednesday, John Bull ; on Thursday Sweethearts and Wives, and a new onc act farce; on Friday, The Slave; on every evening succeeded by the new ballet of Zelema, and the last new farce, by young Murton, of My Husband's Ghost. At the New Strand Theatre Miss Daly makes her first ap pearance this evening in Jerrold's drama of Doves in a Cage, with the new introductory piece of Come to Town ; The Painter of Ghent ; and Don Giovanni or, the Spectre on Horseback. The Surrey Theatre commences its to-night's performances with a new terrific drama, called The Terrible Unknown, in which Mr. 0. Smith is principally to figure. To conclude with illonval, and the drama of Guy Faux. The Queen's Theatre will open on the 9th inst., with a new company of French comedians, to be directed by M. Cloup. M. Laporte and Mdlle Irma are amongst the engagements. \Ve are glad to hear that M. Cloup's undertaking has been pa tronised by a very liberal subscription. It is reported that M. de Melcy, who was married to Made moiselle G. Grisi on Sunday week, possesses an. income of about sOO/., or the more high-sounding denomination of 20,000 francs per annum. THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S LEVEE The Lord Chancellor held his last levee for the season on Sat►rday last. Amongst many distinguished individuals who paid their respects to his Lordship were—the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dukes of Norfolk and Ar[,cyll, and Marquis Cholmondeley. EARLS—Grey, Rosslyn, Mansfield, Radnor, Beverley, Lin coln. Bisnors —London, Bristol, Chichester, Gloucester Win cliester. , Lawns—Denman, Dundas, Hill, Fitzgerald, Bexley, Cul chew er, Kenyon. The President of the Council, Viscount Melbourne, the Conanatider of the Forces, the Speaker of the House of Com mons, the Lord Mayor, the Chief Justice of the Corn won Pleas. JUVGES—Parke, Littledale, Gurney, Patteson. The Attorney and Solicitor Generals, the Lord Advocate, the Attorney-General of Malta. Sias—lVM. Alexander, A. Clifford, C. Hunter, Geo. Sey mour, George Rose, Robert In g li s , M. P. ; R . S tewart, M. P. ; Gen. Cl er k, M. P. ; A. Agnew, M. P. ; E. Kerrison, M. P. ; John Hobhouse, M. P. ; E. Codrington, M. P. ; C. Lemon, M. P. CoLoNims—Conolly; Murray, M. P. CAPTAINS—AIsager, M. P. ; lion. T. Lefroy, M. P. MEMBE RS OP PARLIAMENT--Hodges, TIViSS, Pemberton, Wild, Clive, Dick, Freshfield, Tooke, North, Villiers, Bar clay, Tancred, Blackburne, &c. SER GEANTS—Taddy, Spankic, D'Oyly, Merewether, An drews, Ludlow. KINGS' COllNSEL—Thesiger, Simpkinson, Platt, Trcslove, Kindersley, Wigram, Burge, Jacob, :Italie, Spence, Montagu, Tinney, Shepherd, Coltman, Creswc:l, Starkie, Barber, Bo icier, Skirraw, together with a great many Gentlemen of the Bar. VREADFUL SUICIDE.—This morning about ten o'clock, an elderly gentleman, a foreigner, residing at M r . W csterton' s , N o. 48, Castle -street, Le . icester-square, in a tit of insanity (it is supposed), cut his throat in a most frightful manner, and then precipitated himself out of a three pair back wtodow into t h e yard; it is needless to add, that whe n t a k en up, life appeared to be entirely extinct. Medical assistance was called in, but the vital spark had fled. The body was placed i n a shell, and conveyed to St. Martin's workhouse, there to awa i t the Coroner ' s Inquest, which will take place this day. POST-OFFICE ARRAIsIOENIENTS.—The new line of road to Hobb's Point has recently been inspected by a de pLtation from the General Post-Office, and arrangements are being made for the removal of the steam-packets plying be tween Milfo r d an d Waterford to that station, on the iitlr July next. The mail is to be conveyed by a pair-horse - coach from Coldlow to Haverfurdwest, but it seems that no arrangement is concluded yet for its co*vevanco thence on to Milford— Cambrian. MAYO ELECTION.—Sir William lirabazon, Bart., M. P., is daily expected in Dublin, on his way to CaAlebar, to propose Jr.A Robert Dillon Browne as the popular candi date for the representation of Mayo, on Monday (this day). The Hon. Baronet has written to several members of the Indepen dent Club, expressin g his fullest app ro b at i on o f t h e i r c hoice, and of the principlcs professed by Mr. R. D. Browne in his address to the electors.—Freemaa. No improvement appears to hare taken place in the lace trade since our last report.—Nottingham Review,. MILK TITIIE.—We see by ;Ail hi the fork Courant, that a subscription is Proposed for Mr. Darn burough, whq, ‘yl;1 be remembered, resisted the rapacious detnands ;hp Church, Made by the Dean of Ripon. It is reported that (lc Nelcv, who was married to \Mlle. G. Oilsi on Sunday last, possesses an income of 8001. or the more high-sounding denomination of 20,000 francs per annum. 1 .. .. , ........._._____ . Mr. Osbaldiston has addressed the follDwing satisfactory, and very manly letter to the Editor of the Morning Post. It is a complete refutation of the calumnies which have been so industriously circulated against that gentleman with respect to the late Conservative dinner:— " TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING POST. " Sir,—Mrs. Gore's Von Juan of Austria was presented to Covent-garden Theatre. It was read, but considered too sombre for representation. It was returned to Mrs. Gore, who made some alterations. It was read again; still the same objection existed, and I then gave up all idea of producing the piece. After this I saw Don Juan D'Autriche at Paris. I was surprised, as well as pleased, to find the play, in the ori ginal, full of intense int, , rest, and relieved by an excellent comic character, which Mrs. Gore had entirely omitted. On my return I made instant preparation for its production, and the result, as to its extraordinary success, is already manifest. Thus, then, is the mighty affair resolved, and hence Mrs. Gore's mortification. Her piece was not deemed sufficiently good for representati n, and another was One word more whilst I am before the public:—Every person who 'asked for his or her salary for the two nights the Theatre was closed, - for the late Conservative dinner, was paid on his or her de mand—not kny one has been discharged in consequence of such demand being made—and they who have been most busy in deliberately endeavouring to ruin my future prospects in life are persons who are now, and have been i/ears, re c,,iving from me at different times pecuniary • -n s, by which sonic have been kept out of prison—oth to purchase leases of their little-property —an , caned from we presents as well as augmentati their general attention to business. Facts are and on your candour and fair dealing I rely - the above.—Yours, &c. SPORTING MAGAZINE. ----- The engravings in this Magazine are always finished in a very superior. artist-like fashion ; the present Number, in particular, is remarkably fortunate in this respect, for the " Fox's Head," which is engraved by Beckwith, can sca rce ly be surpassed in skill and delicacy of execution. The lite rary contents are of the usual character, and comprise at Ole leading sporting events of the month. POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE. PICKWICK CLUB. The second Number of an entertaining, miscellaneous collections of tales, anecdotes, &c., collected and arranged by Boz, and illustrated by Seymour. The best, at least the most vigorously written, tale, is the one which describes the death of a low pantomime actor at one of the minor theatres. THE PARTERRE. There is a short, clever essay in the Number before us, on the writings of Washington Irving, in which the critic justly observes, that delicate, sporeive humour is more the forte of Master Geoffrey Crayon, than pathos. or even description, much as he excels in this last qualification. There is no other article in this cheap Miscellany of Prose and Verse which calls for any particular notice. ARBORETUM BRITANNICUM. The Editor of this practical periodical, which is crammed full of useful information relative to the " hardy trees of Great Britain," is Mr. Loudon, an indefatigable manufactu rer of ,zoological, horticultural, and architectural publica tions. The wood-cuts are numerous, and carefully en graved. ANECDOTES OF THE LATE MR. WOOD. His father was lying dangerously ill at Cheltenham, and at , length " Jemmy," for that was the name by which he was ge nerally known, mustered up courage and went to Dr. Ches t. ton, who resided at Gloucester, and asked him to come to Cheltenham, to see his dying parent. Dr. Cheston having fixed a. period, and a post-chaise having been procured, they went together to Cheltenham. On their arrival, however, they found the old gentleman had breathed his last. Jemmy after having , shed a tear, said to the physician, " Well, Doctor, we must take him home with us." " Take bins home with us," replied the Doctor; " in %%hat way : how can we take him home with us ?" "Oh I" said the rich banker, "we can put'en between us in the chaise, and no one will know but what he's alive." The Doctor, although having a great and proper regard for his patients during their lifetime, was not so much attached to them in death, and therefore was puzzled to find out some mode by which he might get rid of the com panion intended for him. He, however, hit upon this expe dient. The road between Gloucester and Cheltenham was at that period very bad, and he therefore said to the devoted son, 4 I shall have no objection at all, Mr. Wood ; but, as the road is very rough, the probability is, if we put the body in an upright position, that your father, by the slaking of the car riage, will come to life again."—" Oh," said Jemmy, " let'en stay, Doctor, let'en"stay ; I'll send a hearse for'en." On another occasion, as he was returning from Cheltenham, whither he had been footing it, a violent storm came on. Jemmy was fearful that his venerable coat, which was so old that, according to the Gloucestershire song, " it would keep out no rain," would be injured, looked about for some house in which be might take shelter. No friendly cottage was visible, but in a short,time he espied a hearse coming. Jemmy rubbed his hands with almost as mueh glee as if he had earned a "penny," and hailed the driver, with whom he struck a bar gain, and who allowed him to ride inside his vehicle, Jemmy giving him especial directions to put him down before they entered Gloucester. The driver, of course, acceded to this request, but he knew well who his passenger was, and as no chaise or hearse driver in the city had ever had occasion to be thankful to the rich banker for any favours conferred on them, he thought, at all events, he would have a joke, so driving quietly into the city, he gave all the persons he saw in the street to understand that he had something "rich" within, and induced them to follow in his train. On arriving opposite the shop of Mr. Wood he drew up in due form, and a cross d hav ing assembled he requested some one to open the door of the hearse, when, to the astonishment and merriment of all pre sent, who should get out but Mr. Wood himself. The banker was a little annoyed at first to find himself opposite his own door, yet recollecting that the ride had cost him a mere no thing, his countenance soon recovered its wonted complacency at having had a quid sine quo. There were three banking establishments at Gloucester, and many years since there c h ance d to b e a run upon one of them. Mr. Wood, in high glee at the idea of his neighbour beity , likely to be ruined, observed that there:would be but two banks in Gloucester. This carne to the cars of one of the partners of the other bank, who, after having weathered the s:orm, went to Mr. Wood to threaten legal proceedings against him. With that degree of low cunning, however, which avaricious persons frequently possess, Mr. Wood at once admitted having made the observation, but added that he was at the time fully justified in so doing, as he himself had some thoughts of retiring from business, and then there would be only two banks in Glouces ter. Of course, Mr. at the same time he was well aware of the mean subterfuge resorted to. In 1825 there was a run upon the banks at Stroud, and the Gloucester bank happened to hold about 1,500/. worth of the notes of one of those banks, upon which, however, there chanced to be scarcely any 'run at all. Jemmy borrowed a horse, and off he rode to Stroud, not to lend his friendly aid to his bro- Ater tradesman, but to get the notes changed. On going into the back he said, that happening to be coming that way he had taken the opportunity of bringing a few notes of theirs which he had, to be changed for some they might have of his; not dreaming, however, that they held many of the notes of the Gloucester bank. The clerk said he would see what notes they had of the " Gloucester Old Bank," and upon collecting them he found they held notes amount 17s. This th e c h agr i ne d amount ing to 1,5001. 17s. These he handed t o M r. W ood, re. ver, and mad e t h e b est where h e or d ere d the horse to be a q n u d est a in s g ton p i a s y b ri e r i t m o n f k t r lt e h b a a n l d a e n d ee, o b o r f o l u li g s h ‘ t v o ay ut! o rtchleie inn, er had no demand upon him, for al though he had bestrode the best eleven miles, he had not or dered it to be fed. The ostler, nevertheless, held cut his hand for something for himself, when Jemmy said, "he had no halfpence, but he would give him threepence next time he came." ..01 1 no, Sir, (said Richard) I know you—you be Mr. Wood of Gloucester ; I'd rath er b e pa id now, if you please, because I may never see you aga i n. " J emmy was, therefore, obliged to get change for s i xpence, and give the man the threepence. Fortunately, Jemmy got out of the town before his errand was made public, pr else, such was the general feeling against him, that he would certainly have been rolled in the mud for his conduct. It has been for a long time said, that whenever Mr. Wood was coming to London, he invariably took an outside place ; and at all times when an inside was vacant, after they had got some miles on the road, he made friends with the guard, who on receipt of one shilling or so, allowed the banker to supply such vacancy. The regularity of the old gentleman's plan at length an object of remark at the coach•ofl'ice, and the next time he went to book as usual, the clerk said, " No, Sir, we must have the inside fare if you please." Mr. Wood, finding that lie bad been found out, after a few inef f ectual attempts to demand an explanation, handed over the larger sum, and walked off'. It was likewise a matter of frequent remark some years since, that " Jemmy" rarely dined at home on a Sunday. He was often told by persons that they would dine with him on that day, it being a I..isure day ; but he generally made an excuse, on the ground that he himself was engaged out. The continuance of thes e prior engagements, all the residents in the City bring well acquainted with the fact that he visited no one, led to his being watched and to inquiries, when it was discovered that Mr. Wood, the rich banker, and by general repute one of the most wealthy Commoners within the British dominions, was in the habit of putting some cold meat into his pocket on the Sunday morning, and walking off some distance into the country, where he went into some road-side public house and bad half a pint of beer, to moisten the throat be come parched with the walk; and the dryness of the victuals he had eaten during the day. We arc authorised to state, in reference to the re turn of Colonel Kinloch and Major Greville, from the British Legion, that the former gallant officer comes to England on sick leave, and that the latter, who before his departure had the rank of Brevet Lieut.-Colonel conferred on him by Gene ral Evans, has been pronounced by a medical board, the mi nutes of which are in London, incapacitated from active service. After tho departure of the allied troops from Cracow 300 Austrian infantry will remain ti'l the organization of the city guards. The Senate itself has requested this measure for the security of the city. —German Paper. LIVERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, SATURDAY.— We have had a better demand to-day than for some time past, and prices are much firmer, Sales, 2,500 to 3,000 bags, chiefly American descriptiona, The famous hot-houses at the Duke of Devon shire's Paladian Villa, at Chiswick, are now converted into a Conservatory, one of the largest and most complete in the kingdom, built up on the soundest principle s , an d i nc l u di ng all the recent improvements. The forcing-houses at Chats wpeth arp upon a grand scale, and at the present time exhibit strawberrieo; perf,poy ripe. B 4 Np agitation has exis:ed during the last few days, in consequence of its becoming k now n that there were obtaclus to th e grant o f a C ou r t of Sessions being made to Banbury. DUBLIN. Mr. M'Crca is among those who have seized the occasion to Lint at reprisals in kind upon the chapels of the Roman Ca tholics. He publishes a penny-whistle, entitled " The Protes tant Confederate and Mirror of Truth," which on the day after the bouleversement of the statue, put forth the following shrill call:— " A circumstance has occurred that will produce an awful reaction, if we are not much astray in our conjectures, upon the popish altars, images, and retie depos7ories, in various parts of the country. During the last night, tho statue of King William in College-green was blown up with gunpow der. For some weeks we have been aware of secret meetings holden in two streets at opposite quarters, not laalf a mile from the monument, and attended by bodies of priests and friars, and an Irish M. P., a Member of the Catholic Association ; froin which conclave emissaries were sent forth to similar meetings in the suburbs. Such a meeting was held two nights since in a house of ill fame (to divert suspicion from the real business) and so late as 3 o'clock yesterday a determination was come come to at this place to try the experiment of heretical exter mination by gunpowder upon the statue of Billy.' We re strain ourselves for the present, bid we mistake the real Spi 't of the Ake' if—" us. Ale, m'C r ca. The Evening Post, on the other '`•at there was a numerous meeting of Orange street on the night of the exp;osion, and a .'urplemen at an entertainment given at a a few feet of the statue." LIN.-SATURDAY. (FROM ANOTHER CORRESPONDENT.) • disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken aer, would be ray standard of a s t a t esman . — B oaKE. :ice the arriv a l of the intelligence, yesterday morning, ,c opinion has not been idle in its comments on the con of the House of Lords respecting the Irish Municipal As far as I have been able to collect the sentiments of se most capable of thinking, correctly on such a subject, •v are embodied in the short sentence of our countryman &ive quoted. We ought to preserve the institution, and de stroy only the abuses; any ot h er li ne of proceeding . is un worthy of a statesm a n o f t h e n i neteenth century. And the prevailing opinion here is, that Lord Melbourne will act upon this principle, notwithstanding the adverse decision of the Upper House on Tuesday last. How this can be done is thus exiikined. Lord' Fitzgerald's " instruction" appears to be destructive of the principle of the 8111, and cannot therefore be carried into effect by the Committee. The House, having suffered the Bill to be read a second time, adopted its principle ; they may augment or diminish its provisions in detail during the pprogress of the Bill th roug h t h e C ommittee, but such aug „ nictitation or diminution must not destroy that which is essen tially its principle. The House has already stultified its e lf, since the second rea di ng , b y endeavouring to introduce Sir F. Egeron's views, when too late. The time for such opposi tion to the measure as these views manifest was before it was referred to a Committee. It is now a nullity, for the Com mittee cannot act upon it to the extent expressed in the reso lution. Lord Holland viewed the question in a constitutional light, and saw the difficulties in which the party were involving themselves. He stated that their proceedings were contrary to and inconsistent with the law of Parliament. And if the Committee be constructed as it ought to be, and as no doubt the Government will take care it shall he, no change can be made which will not meet the approbation of those for whose benefit it is intended. In the " Lex Parlianientaria," p. 315, it is laid down, " He that speaketh directly against the body of the Bill may not be named a Committee, for he that would totally destroy will not amend it." Now, either Lord Fitz gerald's motion is against the body of the Bill, or it is not; if it be against the body of the Bill, all who supported his Lord ship are excluded from the Committee ; and therefore the Committee, being formed out of the minority, will deal with the instruction so as to render it innocuous to the principle of Municipal Reform. If it be not against the body of the Bill, the Committee, however constructed, cannot allow the " in struction" to induce them to deteriorate the material provisions. It is therefore expected that Government, seeing that Tory opposition to this measure has involved the party in a contra vention of the laws of Parliament which will prevent their doing any mischief, will persevere with the Bill through the Committee, and allow no change or modification to be made inconsistent with a perfect renovation of corporate bodies in Ireland. They will thus defeat the opposition with their own weapons, and put an end to that discontent and agitation which seem to be so much apprehended. As to the total annihila tion of Irish Corporations, it ought not to be mentioned in this age of progressive civilization. Europe is indebted to municipal institutions for its earliest advancement in science and knowledge, as well as for the check which they put to feudal and despotic tyranny. And though Ireland may not Le yet susceptible of every legislative improvement, whether of local or general application that is suited to the sister country, it is the duty of our rulers'to render her as much so as possible, and to make both countries approximate. They know very little of Ireland and of the Catholics of modern times who ap prehend danger to Protestantism from rectified municipalities. The best means of preserving the Church establishment in this country from utter contempt and total annihilation is to make the great majority of the people contented; but this can never be effected while any vestige of ascendancy is permitted to remain, insulting the feelings and understandings of rP.',.:nnal creatures. As long as the management of the P7operty of one class of his Majesty's subjects is exclusively '.,, the hands of another there can be no peace. The Tori. - _,; at length say so, and propose to remedy the evil by to th e the dark and m iddl e ages. policy of , '-' 4O ; would destroy corrupt in• stitutions, and prevent the f .;)rination of new ones, lest the latter should become "Schools of normal agitation," injurious to the peace of the country and the security of the present order of society I This is the greatest blunder and hallucina tion that the Causercatives have fallen into ; for the most obtuse intellect must see that the best possible preventive of Ochlocracy, or the overwhelming. influence of the multitude, is the encouragement of such a little Aristocracy as may be sustained in every corporate town under a tolerably well regu lated municipal system. Every man not tainted by the cor ruptions of rotten boroughs, or the influence of Toryism is capable of discerning this manifest consequence of Corporate Reform :—" Spartans cactus es ; Banc exorna." ROYAL ACADENIY.—Last Saturday the members of the Royal Academy gave their anniversary dinner at their apart ments in Somerset House, which was attended by a numerous assemblage of guests of the first rank and talent, among whom were—the Archbishop of York, Bishops of London and Lltndafi, the First Lord of the Treasury, Lord President of the Council, Lord Privy Seal, First Lord of the Admiralty, the Sreaker, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Secretaries for the Home, Foreign, Colonial, and War Departments; the Lord Chief Justice of the Ring's Bench, Master of the Rolls, Vice-Chancellor, the Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord Chief Baron, Attorney and Solicitor General, General Commanding-in-Chief, Field Officer in Waiting, President of the Board of Controul, the Lord Mayor, Chair man of the Board of Customs, ditto of the East India Com pany, Governor of the Bank, Master and Warden of Dulwich College, President of the College of PhySicians, ditto of the College of Surgeons, the Russian, Prussian, Netherlands, Saxon, Belgian, Sardinian, Neapolitan, Bavarian, Gre cian, Turkish, .Danish, Swedish, Hanoverian, and Wirtem burg Ministers.; the Dukes of Norfolk, Devonshire, Wel lington, Sutherland, A rgy ll, an d Newcastle; Marquisses Convngham, Abercorn, and Anglesey; Earls Rosebery, CaWdor, Ripon, Brownlow, Grey, Aberdeen, De Grey, Howe, and Albemarle; Lords Prudhoe, Burghersh, Morpeth, Francis Egerton, Stanley, Lyndhurst, Brougham and Vaux ; Right Hon. Sir R. Peel, C. W. Wynn, Sir J. Graham, Poulett Thompson, J. W. Croker, Hon. Gen.. Phipps, Sir H. Wheatley, M. W. Ridley, R. H. Inglis, J. Swinburne, Wil leughby Gordon, A. Carlisle, G. Phillips, B. Stephenson, W. Knighton, F. Pollock, and W. Follett; Messrs. Ridley Colborne, J. Human, W. Scrope, IL Vernon, E. R. Tulin°, Davies Gilbert, 111'Connell, W. Well, J. Neeld, S. Rogers, It Hart Davis, J. Sheenshanks, T. Lister Parker, J. Mor rison, J. Marshall, J. Turner, C. Babbage, C. Cartwright, C. Hampden Turner, A. Milne, J. Delafield, H. Hallam, J. H. Green, &c. &c. It cannot have escaped the recollection of city readers -how much was said in the spring of last year of the efforts made by the Bank of England to embarrass the joint stock banks in Yorkshire and Lancashire, by refusing to dis count any bills on which they had endorsements, and how quietly afterwards the whole affair dropped, but the, manner in which this abandonment of hostility was brought about has not until very lately transpired. It no w turns out, that the Bank directors were influenced by the bold stand made against them upon that occasion, the consequenc es o f w hi c h t h ey durst not venture to encounter. When the course they intended to pur sue was first made known, the leading men in Ma nc h ester an d Liverpool, not immediately connected with banking aftirs, held a meeting on the subject, at which th ey came to the reso lution to resiq by all means in their ppwer a proceeding which though aimed directly at the . banks, ope ra t e d i nd i rectly to the embarrassment and injury of their commer c i a l d ea li ngs. A de ' putation was accordingly appointed to communicate with the managers of the branches of the Ba n k of England in those places, who were desired to intimate to their 'principals, that unless they abandoned their p ro p ose d mode of attack on the joint-stock banks, with the details of which the London papers at that time were so much occupied, they would contrive some means to make the measure re -act upon them to their own se rious injury. No hint was given of the manner in which they meant to proceed, but the communication, couched in that mysterious language, was forwarded by express to head quarters, together with the names and characters of the mei. chants who had attended the meeting. What occurred in the Bank itself can only be matter of conjecture. It is supposed, however, that the directors found upon inquirN tho read weight and importance of the parties from whom the communication was received to be so great, that they 111 - ank from the contest with them, and quietly wistnlrow th e i r p roscr i pt i on o f bill s bearing . the endoNettoiit a joint-stuck b an k s. Th e p l an of these Liven and Manch ester merchants, who were not . fir+ii+i in standing and wealth to anv equal number of London houses, was, it is said, to procure the pay meat in full of the va• pital o f t h e j o i nt-stock banks, and trythe expo imcvil of eX• eluding Bank of England notes wholl , i( front the circulation of the great manufacturing district s . r ho con test :night not have suct-wded, but the attempt alone would have , had very mischievou s e ff ects , an d if t h e di rectors h ave been iimupced by these reasons, they have certainly done right to abanuon their measure, which was not called for, - and was much blamed at the time by all the judicious merchants and capitalists.— Times, (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) The unhorsing of King William is still a subject ofirnuch div.uss'on and mutual crimination between our angry politi. cia Is. Who blew him up—the Orangemen or the Papists ? Thi4 is the question, to which no satisfactory solution has yet been obtained. LONDON UN/VERSITY. The annual distribution of prizes to the medic ;1 studerts attending this University took place on Saturday afternoon, at two o'clock. The attendance w as mos: numentis and !e. spectable. The Lecture-room, which is capab:e o'' cortaining 2.000 persons, was crowded in every part. :Sir Charles Ltroo Bart., M. P., was in the Chair. , The Secretary, at the rie:stest of the Chairman, reed the following, Report " ANNUAL REPORT OF TUE NIEDICAI4 PA . CULTY FOR THE SESSION 1e:33-3ti • " The duty which annually devolves en the medical faculty of reporting on the state and progress of the school entrusted to their care, has become a light and gratifling duty. '1 he medical schcol of this University is eminently prosperous, The medical faculty cannot better convey a correct estimate of the derrree of its prosperity than by giving a nit nerittal state meet of the total number of medieul students each tiessiol since the opening of the Institution tees • " Session 1528.29 there see studetill 182941 1830-31 1831. CI 1832-33 1833-34 353 1834-35 373 1835-36 the resolit session 4• 4 4 " From a revie w of theßes numbers it is apparent that tho numerical strength of - tin) Medical School has steadily in creased during the Tour last sessions ; that the present at tendance considerably exceeds that of any former session ; and, that the total increase of the present, compared with the last session, amounts to 51. To this increase, large as it is. some addition will yet be made, inasmuch as thcclass of Botany, which, in former years, met in October, does not meet this year until the month of Mar. The medical. faculty receive in this prosperity the most conclusiv e evi dence that the system of instruction adopted at the outset, and since invariably pursued, is suited to the wants of society. The introduction of extended systematic courses, on all subjects, di rectly or collaterally forming a part of medical education, con sidered eight years since, in regard to this metropolis, as an in novation of doubtful utility, and which has even been used as a topic of unfriendly criticism against this institution, has naw received the sanction of an enlightened public. Lleensing boards of examiners - are now beginning to enforce a similarly extended system of education. " The only chance in the school which the medical faculty has to announce, is one contemplated during sevoral years, but only now for the first time fully organised—the establish - ment of a summer curriculum. The attention of our students will no longer be distracted, as heretofore, by the necessity of studying too great a variety of subjects at the same time, and they may now more readily extend their education to other branches on which attendance is not compulsory. The for mation of a summer curriculum has been much promoted by the rules of the Society of Apothecaries, whose judicious efforts to improve medical education have more than once contributed in giving effect to the plans of this institution. c.‘ In other respects the business of the University has pro• ceeded, as in the last Session, with all that regularity, order, and quiet, essential to the course of academic instruction. No breach of discipline has occurred ; the students respect the authority vested in the senate, and are distinguished as well for orderly and decorous conduct, as for ardent devotion to their stu lies. In the examination, the result of which we are met this day to witness, the professors have observed with much sa,isfaction that the aggregate value of well written essays is in general greater than in former Sessions. "Tile University Hospital, opened last year for the recep tion of patients, is in active operation. Since its opening it has supplied aid to 1,795 inpatients, 1,996 out-patients, 398 astetrie patients, 1,34 . 4 casualty patients, amounting tog - etl'ec to 5,553. " Such is already the benefit afforded by the Hosr.it-2 to the public, and suc h the cairnset u,,by the Hospital in the ge nerous support of that public. The advantaes supplied to students have been also great. The total nure,er of students registered as pnpils since the opening is, 265, whose fees amount to 5,5371., a sum which, together esith voluntary con tributions, has been found adequate for the support of the Hos pital. The practice of giving the offices of house-surgeon, clinical clerks, and dressers, as the 'reward of merit, has met with general approbation. " The medical faculty had expected that the arrangements by Government for establishing a Metropolitan University would, long crc this, hay.° been completed and announced. They trust that the ca%ses which have created the delay IA ill speedily be removed. The creation of such an Institution will give complete effect to the schools of London as places of me-. dical education, by opening all the honour of the profession to students educated in the metropolis. The students from different medical schools still find themselves, as candi dates for degrees, on k footing of exact equality• --a distinc tion among different schools can alone be fouoded on the qualifications exhibited by the students at theie examination. A generous rivalry of this nature cannot NI of being bene ficial to the public at large. Its effects on this institution are contemplated with no small satisfacC.on by the medical fa culty. They are ready at all tirnzs •.0 stake their credit on the qualifications of their pupils experience in other trials of competition elsewhere hag sl - teten that they may rely on them with confidence, and they ere ready and solicitous to be sub_ ject to this same test in another and more important arena." Aprit.3o, 1836. EDWARD TURNER, Dean." The prizes well) then distributed as follows : CHEMISTRY. -DR. TURNER. Gold Medal James Wilson Agnew, Islington. Ft.st Silver Medal Second ditto PRACTICE OF MEDICINE. —DR. ELLIOTSON. Gold Medal F. W. Mackenzie, Clifton, Bristol. First Silver Medal Edward Edlins, London. Second ditto MIDWIFERY.-DII. DAVIES. Gold Medal W. Morehead, Dungannon. First Silver Medal Philip B. Ay res , Hi g h W yca mbe. Second ditto W. Hay, London. ANATOMY AND PiIYSIOLOGY.—Dr. QUAIN. Gold Medal Wm. Merton, Leddescomb, Sussex. First Silver Medal Second ditto H. Weekes, Barnstaple, Devon. PRACTICAL ANATOMY.—MR. QUAIN, Gold Medal John Thomas Darvill, London. First Silver Medal Second ditto Edward George Barron. Hull. . • COMPARATIVE ANATOMY.—Dic. GRANT. Gold Medal... W. Morehead, Dungannon. MATERIA MEDICA.—DR. THOMPSON. Gold Medal W. Coatesbrinks, Durham. First Silver Medal MEDICAL. JURISPIIIIDENCE.-DR. T110MSON:- The ize of Two Books Matt. Morehouse, Huddersfield, SURGERY.— MR. S. COOPER. Gold Medal P. 13. Ayres. First Silver Medal Joh", Firth, Somersetshire. Second ditto... Robert Fo:hergill, Bedale. The CHAIRMAN then congratulated the friends of the Uni versity on its increasing success, aftor which the meeting separated. JUNG'S COLLEGE. Oa Saturday a General Court of Proprietors was held in the hall of this institution, for the purpose of receiving the annual Report of the Council. His Grace the Archbishop of CANTERBURY took the Chair. There were present upon this occasion the Bishops of London, Llandaff, and another Right Rev. Prelate, together with the Marquis of Bute, Lord Bexley, several Clergymen, and many laymen of the highest respectability, among whom we ob served Mr. Alderman Thompson, the Treasurer, Mr. Alder man Winchester, Mr. Twining, the banker,. &c. The Report was rea d b y t h e Secretary. It appeared clearly from this document that the institution is in a flourishing state, daily advancing in usefulness and prosperity. The pupils attending the various classes have increased consider ably since last year, and great additional accommodation has been provided for the purposes of study, lectures, and lodg ing of such students as may be disposed to reside within the precincts of the College. The state of the funds is most satis factory, showing a surplus in hand of 1,5001. over and above all present liabilities. The income at present exceeds the an nual expenditure by a sum of 8001. For this state of pros perity the institution is indebted to the able, the disinterested, and judicious management of the Council. Confident hopes are expressed in the report that the College will go on, for many years, advancing in usefulness and prosperity. Of this result no doubt can be entertained from what has been al ready achieved within so short a period. The report went minutely into the present state of the College, not only as re gards pecuniary matters, but the means of instruction; the number of pupils in each class, &c. On the motion of Mr. TWINING, the report was agreed to. and ordered to be printed and circulated for the information of the public. The usual thanks were voted to the ;Council, the principal officers of the establishment, and to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, as chairman. TIIE CH A RACTER OF lIIENzi.--111r. Bulvret is evidently enamoured of the character of Rienzi, and he de scribes it very finely. He pourtrar with life-like effect the patriot asserting the people's rie..s, and , elevating them by his courage, moral as well as pt-.., , sical, to a high eminence and envied happiness. Nor ;; this the only character in which the genius of Mr. &law is displayed. Rienzi's wife is a beautiful creature, character of the lover, Adrian de Castello, also commands ad :lE6,l, tAheNiDnorevtrs:nioouswp.._arts;hrees:lile:;iftbioi; and his sister, Irene, is equally fine. Th e ad miration. The work abounds with powerful events and dra mativiel.:itiuba:ioiNis.l; oesifiTlNieNt)7l:ils, ,oaff,r , ,,r,ftehmrai rmlee i; existence i as, nt, eod p r ek ise oi constitute s t , e ibeti t ach h l le e teodi s l u rs; b m, j t e i t: i t i c o , f T. lil as : l ie . ] 0 h Eras love passages or great beauty. aftittiv i . more in , tensely interesting theme for the pen of a b e , , ga i o); of hear:, the buoyant hopes, the of tic girl: on her entrance into life, followed b tlittl xvil ?; )1 i - lal)einess and touch to cures tithe wile and mother, 11 attar turn give plairte to the devoted sorrows and skeitnio n es o f ih e w id ow i ff or d to f t , h ,r e d im , v : e i g i o i. i i ) i m i t i c o n n t s o of fa pro).srizornie,e_a7di ter situations os til l es s all ~t hci-i, are capable of commandirg human sympathy. Vt)t.UNTARY C . II C RCII SOCIIiTy.—A public. 'it ' toutitiea which, ° P° breakfast of the friends of Voluntary Church principles, took place on Thursday morning at Glasgow, in the 'Waterloo Room,, the Rev. Mr. Logan, Relief minister of St. Nintav's, in the Chair. A deputation Was appointed to trait on ;Vier . i . s . Russell and Chapman, who are now r - iioners, for refbsir ... to pay the annuity tax, and it was remitted' to the Coot- 4' I . Boar d to take measures fin- a close union between the Vai4t sociations of Scotland and Manchester. , ~ cry As-